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Lot 305: A LOUIS XVI STYLE TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX

Est: £5,000 GBP - £8,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 16, 2010

Item Overview

Description

A LOUIS XVI STYLE TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
POSSIBLY SWISS, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, THE ENAMEL BY PIERRE PASQUIER (FRENCH, 1731-1806)
large oval gold box, the cover inset with an oval enamel miniature on gold depicting a young lady facing left in low-cut white dress with leaf and lace-bordered décolletage, powdered upswept hair dressed in curls and decorated with flowers, wearing a pearl choker, the miniature echoed on the base by an oval reserve depicting an urn on a sablé ground, both within a laurel border, the box all over chased with trailing foliate laurel swags intertwined with reeded scrolls
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Christie's, London, 22 November 1999, lot 50.

Notes

VARIOUS PROPERTIES


Auction Details

Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

by
Christie's
November 16, 2010, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK